Bottle



(No Model.)

No. 523.956.A

' H. A. BIERLEY.

BOTTLE. 1

Patented July s1, 1894.

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4 zu w UNITED STATES;

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. BIERLEY, oE LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

BOTTLE,

SPECIFICATION formingpart of wLetters.PatentV1\T0.,523,956, dated July31, 1894. Application sied August 31,1893. sentano. 484,516. (Numan.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

I Se it known that I, HENRY A. BIERLEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Lex- 1ngton, in the county ofFayette and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful ottle, ofwhich the following is a specifica'- ion.

The invention relates to bottles. The object of the present invention islto 1mprove the construction of bottles, and to provide one adapted forholding fine whiskies, and other valuable liquids, and capable ofabsolutely preventing refilling to avoid any 1Liatlillity of animitation being sold in original o es.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated 1n theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an upperportion of a bottle constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig.2 is a detail perspective view of the cap. Fig. 3 is a similar view ofthe valve support. Fig. 4 is a detail view, partly in section, of thecap.

T'Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

A1 designates a cylindrical cap, having an open bottom or lower end anda closed top 2,

and receiving Within it a valve support 3,

which holds a weighted ball valve 4, adapted to open automatically whena bottle 5 is tilted below a horizontal position for pouring out itscontents. The cap is provided intermediate of its ends with an annulargroove 6 receiving an elastic ring 7 of cork, rubber, or similarmaterial, which projects from the cap, and engages a correspondingannular groove 8 of the neck 9 of the bottle 5, whereby thecap issecurely held in the bottle, and is prevented from being withdrawn. Theupper end of the cap is provided with an annular series of dischargeopenings 10, which incline i inward and upward to prevent theintroduction of a wire, or the like, into the cap for the purpose ofwithdrawing the same or interfering with the operation of the valve.

The valve support 3 consists of a cylindriimprovements in cal plugprovided at opposite sides with lugs 11 to engage opposite grooves 12 ofthe cap,

which grooves are located on the inner face lof the same and havea screwpitch; the valve support is provided with a vertical bore or 'opening13, which terminates at the top in asubstantiallysemisphericalconcavityorvalve seat 14, and which has itslower terminus flared" at 15 to form a :downwardly inclined mouth for aconical weight 16. The conical weight 16 is inverted land is providedwith a rounded base, which is connected bya silk thread. with the ballvalve, and is adapted to draw on the thread and hold the ball valve inits seat until the bottle is inverted below a horizontal position toprevent any attempt at Y struction and is capable of absolutelypreventing refilling.

The parts are constructed of any suitable material, preferably glass,which will not affeet the contents of a bottle.

Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

1. The combination with the neck of a bottle, of a cylindrical caphavingIk a closed top and providedY at its sides below the top withupwardly and inwardly inclined discharge openings, and a valve seatarranged within the lower end of the cap and closing the same andinterlocked therewith and provided with a valve, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination with the neck of abottle, of a cylindrical cap havinga closed top and providedat its sides below the top with upwardly andinwardly inclined discharge openings, a valve support arranged withinthe lower end of the cap and. closing the same and interlocked therewithand provided at its IOO upper end with an approximately semisphericalValve seat and having a vertical opening and provided at its lower endwith a flaring mouth presenting a downwardly inclined face, said supportbeing provided at its lower end with notches 18 communicating with thewithin the groove of the cap and engaging that of the neck of thebottle, a valve support secured within the cap and having a longitudinalopening and provided at its top with a valve seat and having at itsbottom a Haring mouth forming inclined sides and provided with recessesforming passages, a valve arranged in the valve seat, and a weightarranged below the valve support and connected with the valve,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY A. BIERLEY. Witnesses:

E. G. SIGGERs, ARTHUR B. SEIBOLD.

